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Prince Adu-Owusu: The pieces of you I keep finding in everyone else
There is a strange season that follows the end of a relationship. It is the season where your mind tells you it is over, but your heart continues to search. Not for the person. For the feeling.
Floods don’t happen by chance; they are not entirely natural
Every rainy season, flooding returns to Accra and many other towns and cities across Ghana. Homes are submerged, businesses suffer heavy losses, roads become impassable, public infrastructure is damaged, and, tragically, lives are sometimes lost. After every major flood, public attention quickly turns to government, cl...
Williams falls just short on Wimbledon singles return
Serena Williams came close to a sensational comeback win on her Wimbledon return before narrowly losing an epic three-setter to Maya Joint.
Why can’t Ghanaians be on time in Ghana?
I am sure you are familiar with the demeaning joke phrase, Ghana Mean Time (instead of Greenwich Mean Time). I describe it as demeaning because it shows a lack of respect for time, for ourselves, and for others, when almost every event is started with an apology for not starting on time!
How Ghana’s National AI Strategy will reshape the next decade
Ghana has a new ten-year plan, and it is built on Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Governing The Rain: Flood risk, institutional failure, and the politics of urban infrastructure in Accra
Introduction and Background Every rainy season, Accra floods. Properties are submerged, livelihoods are disrupted, and in the most acute episodes, lives are lost. Emergency response teams are deployed, ministerial statements are issued, and parliamentary questions are raised. And then the rains recede, the cameras leav...
Are Ghana’s banks winning the old fight while losing the new one?
Reported fraud in Ghana’s regulated financial sector rose 48 percent last year to a four-year high, with more than GH¢100 million placed at risk. Read quickly, that number invites alarm. Read carefully, it tells a more useful story — and points to what we should do next. Look beneath the headline and the picture become...
God or Prophet? – Queen Liz explores the identity of Jesus Christ
Few religious questions have generated as much discussion over the centuries as the identity of Jesus Christ. Is He God, a prophet, or simply a historical figure? This week, Behind The Lens with Queen Liz delves into one of the most enduring and thought-provoking debates in the world's major faith traditions.
Emergency Meeting or Emergency Memory Loss?
There is something fascinating about politics. It possesses a supernatural ability to develop amnesia exactly when memory is most needed. The New Patriotic Party has reportedly convened an emergency meeting following the conviction and sentencing of its Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known...
Arrest of opposition voices part of plan to push Mahama third-term agenda – Kozie
A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Akosua Manu, has accused the government of using arrests and what she described as excessive bail conditions to silence political opponents as part of an alleged plan to pursue a third presidential term. Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana, who serves as spokesperson for...
Groundwater Galamsey: The silent crisis beneath our feet
When Ghanaians hear the word galamsey, many of us immediately picture destroyed farmlands, brown rivers, abandoned pits, and communities struggling with the damage left behind by illegal mining activities.
Victims of a legend: The women Daddy Lumba left behind
On Saturday, 28 March 2026, hundreds of Ghanaian women gathered at the University of Ghana Stadium in Legon for what had originally been announced as the Celebration of Life of Daddy Lumba. By the time they arrived, the event had a different title. A court injunction, filed by the Ekuona Royal Family of Parkoso and Nsu...